Teaching Philsophies

What Influenced Me to Teach

From the very first day of kindergarten, I was in love with going to school. I loved learning about things I had never even heard of before. I loved meeting new people who had the same love for school as me. All my friends and I came to elementary school excitedly every single day. I carried my love for school into middle school and high school, but I noticed I was the only one. All my friends who used to have the same enthusiasm starting complaining about going to school. They complained about the homework and difficulty of their lessons. They only seemed excited when they were able to go home.

I also noticed the lack of care and attention from a lot of the middle school teachers. Most teachers were still really good and cared about kids, but then there were others who seemed like they were just there for the money. They lectured, assigned too much homework, and never formed connections with their students. I had the idea in my head that all teachers were there for one reason, because they loved it. I was shocked to see that was not the case. These bad teachers were what created the dread among my friends and classmates.

The teachers that were amazing made a huge impact on my life. I still think about them to this day. They were motivating and did their best to make the students do their best. The lessons they taught were different, in a positive way. They were engaging and taught well to the students' age level. Students felt comfortable talking to them about personal issues, and the teachers did everything they could to make students happy so they could succeed.

I knew I always wanted to be a teacher but experiencing first hand how much teachers make an impact on older kids is what made me decide to be a middle/high school teacher. I want to be the kind of teacher that students feel motivated by. I want to be there for my kids, no matter what the problem whether it’s on school material or personal issues. As a teenager, I know how important it means to have someone you can always turn to and I want to be supportive of my students. As a high school teacher, I want to spark the same passion I had when I was a student in my kids.

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